About Kotwalia Village

Kotwalia is a large village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,435, made up of 2,357 males and 2,078 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.3 hectares hectares.

Kotwalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotwalia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Area (hectares)	593.3 hectares
Population	4,435
Male Population	2,357
Female Population	2,078
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotwalia compares

By the 2011 count Kotwalia is the 12th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 593.3 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Kotwalia

Kotwalia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotwalia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotwalia from other places

Kotwalia lies about 26 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Koparia, about 2.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kotwalia
Nearest railway station	Koparia	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	3.1 km
Nearest town	Khagaria	20 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	26 km

Villages closest to Kotwalia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Salkhua tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kotwalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotwalia village had a population of 4,435. That makes it the 12th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Kotwalia village has 2,357 males and 2,078 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotwalia has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Kotwalia covers 593.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kotwalia falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kotwalia is Koparia, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotwalia.

Kotwalia is about 26 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotwalia is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Koparia is about 2.5 km away. Salkhua is about 3.1 km away. Khagaria is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.